Re: malicious code

From: David Wagner (daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu)
Date: 01/27/03

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From: daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
Date: 27 Jan 2003 22:21:29 GMT

    Jeff Williams wrote:
    >Does anyone on the list know of any research in detecting "malicious code"
    >as opposed to simply inadvertent security screwups? Seems to me that the
    >best attacks would be very difficult to distinguish from a ordinary
    >mistake.

    Yeah: It's really, really hard. The only answer I know to give
    is "forget about it; today's technology can't do what you want".
    Sorry -- I know that's not very helpful.

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